Ryan Ruffels advances to weekend, after scolding from Phil Mickelson, who misses cut

LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Ryan Ruffels may be “young” and “have some things to learn,” but he’ll be playing the Farmers Insurance Open on the weekend while Phil Mickelson assesses what went wrong after a second-round 76 at Torrey Pines. Ruffels, a 17-year-old Australian in his first event as a professional, made his one-under-par 36-hole start look routine and not like that of a teenager in his PGA Tour debut saddled with the added burden of a Mickelson public scolding. “He’s young and he’s got some things to learn,” Mickelson had said Wednesday of Ruffels innocently telling an Australian paper about a gambling game the two played in December. Facebook Pinterest Getty Images Mickelson went on to admonish Ruffels for embellishing the tale of winning $5,000 and labeled the high-schooler’s comments “high school stuff.” Ruffels admitted after his second-round 73 at Torrey Pines Sout...